NASCAR's Tidy Track

Juan Pablo Montoya #42

Crashes during a NASCAR race usually means oil spills which endanger the professional drivers. Before the race can continue, the NASCAR officials clean the track with TIDE granular detergeant. Years ago, that would have meant phosophorus pollution from the watered down soap product but due to the Clean Water Act, detergeants no longer contain phosphorus pollutants.

What tickled me is how they put the detergeant on the oily track.  They used a garden fertilizer spreader. It did the trick! The race continued with Matt Kensath winning the Daytona 500.

Water Gardening - Daytona Beach Style

UPDATE: Setting historic record (5/17 - 5/23)

Daytona Beach 23+ inches
Ormond Beach 30+ inches
New Smyrna Beach 20+ inches
Orlando 12 + inches (my home)

Daytona International Speedway gives flash a different meaning when it comes to flooding. Click here for more photographs of the 25" + of rain dropped in the last ten days on the most famous beach in the world.

Photo credit: Nancy501s